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Thursday, 5 June 2014

Currently, Japanese manufacturers
dominate the supply of the global aluminum electrolytic capacitors, four of
which rank among top five players worldwide, namely Chemi-con, Nichicon,
Rubycon and Panasonic, totally enjoyed 64% of the global share in 2013, and
followed by Taiwan-based companies with 14%.

In 2013, Mainland China produced
about 109.5 billion aluminum electrolytic capacitors, up 9.5% year on year; it
gained the sales revenue of RMB10.4 billion, representing a year-on-year
increase of 9.47%. As the global aluminum electrolytic capacitor manufacturing
is shifting to Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong
manufacturers have set up their plants in Mainland China in recent years.

Under the context of energy saving
and emission reduction era, aluminum electrolytic capacitors not only grow
steadily in the field of traditional consumer electronics, but also witness
extended application in many emerging fields (such as energy-saving lamps,
inverters, new energy, rail transport) in the wake of restructuring and
technical progress. In 2014-2016, China’s demand for aluminum electrolytic
capacitors is expected to grow at around 7 % and will reach 172 billion in
2016.

Given the promising aluminum
electrolytic capacitor market and corporate development, Chinese aluminum
electrolytic capacitor giants have been devoting themselves to R&D of new
technology, capacity expansion and market share consolidation in recent years.
In 2013, the top eight players represented by Man Yue Technology, Lelon
Electronics, Aihua Group and Jianghai Capacitor achieved the combined capacity
of more than 40.5 billion. Man Yue Technology whose capacity was 10.8 billion
acted as China's largest manufacturer of aluminum electrolytic capacitors,
followed by Lelon Electronics with 9.12 billion.

With the development of aluminum
electrolytic capacitors and other industries, China has become the world's
largest consumer of electrode foils. In 2013, Chinese aluminum electrolytic
capacitors need about 37,200 tons of upstream electrode foils. As aluminum
electrolytic capacitor production bases transfer to China quickly and the
output ascends stably, China’s electrode foil market demand is expected to hit
43,200 tons by 2016.